{"id":18844,"date":"2024-04-18T01:57:52","date_gmt":"2024-04-18T01:57:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=18844"},"modified":"2024-04-18T01:58:22","modified_gmt":"2024-04-18T01:58:22","slug":"guyana-expands-hot-pepper-cultivation-for-lucrative-export-market-in-st-lucia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/guyana-expands-hot-pepper-cultivation-for-lucrative-export-market-in-st-lucia\/","title":{"rendered":"Guyana Expands Hot Pepper Cultivation for Lucrative Export Market in St. Lucia"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>By Saskia Warrick<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Guyana&#8217;s National Agriculture and Extension Institute (NAREI) is ramping up its hot pepper cultivation efforts with the installation of 25 additional shade houses. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These shade houses will be dedicated to growing two varieties of hot peppers &#8211; bull nose and tiger teeth &#8211; to meet the demand of an already secured market in St. Lucia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The partnership between Guyana and St. Lucia underscores the growing collaborations within the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) in the agriculture sector, leveraging Guyana&#8217;s successful agricultural model.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Each cycle of the 25 shade houses is projected to yield around 11,250 plants, producing approximately 75,000 pounds of pepper per cycle. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This initiative is expected to generate a total of 75 tons of fresh peppers annually from the two cycles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister of Agriculture, Hon. Zulfikar Mustapha, highlighted the progress in the construction of the shade houses and the commencement of cultivation activities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Preparation work has been underway, and planting has already begun, indicating swift progress in the project implementation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier this year, a delegation from St. Lucia, led by its Agriculture Minister, visited Guyana to explore collaboration opportunities in agriculture. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This initiative aligns with Guyana&#8217;s efforts to expand its export market for non-traditional commodities, which totaled 8,926 metric tonnes valued at 1.8 billion dollars in 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The expansion of hot pepper cultivation reflects Guyana&#8217;s commitment to leveraging its agricultural potential to strengthen regional partnerships and enhance economic growth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Saskia Warrick Guyana&#8217;s National Agriculture and Extension Institute (NAREI) is ramping up its hot pepper cultivation efforts with the installation of 25 additional shade houses. These shade houses will&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":18845,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[366,362,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18844","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-development","category-low-carbon-development","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18844","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18844"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18844\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18846,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18844\/revisions\/18846"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18845"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}